Pedestrians walk past a graffiti-covered Poundland shopfront in Camden, north London
The management of Poundland, which employs 12,000 people and operates 600 stores, won high court approval for an extension of legal protection from creditors. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty
The management of Poundland, which employs 12,000 people and operates 600 stores, won high court approval for an extension of legal protection from creditors. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty
Poundland owner secures two extra weeks to ensure retail chain’s survival

US investment firm Gordon Brothers is ‘taking due care’ to consider if one of three bidders has enough funds